Our Virtual Stock Exchange allows you to practice buying and selling real stocks using imaginary money for the purpose of gaining experience with stock trading. This is also known as paper trading or fantasy trading.
Register for a New Account here.
See our Virtual Trading FAQ for instructions!
Features
- It's free, easy, and fun!
- Practice Day Trading, Penny Stocks, Value Investing
- Stocks, Mutual Funds, ETF's, and Indexes (US & Canada)
- Market Orders and Limit Orders!
- Start with $100.00 - $500,000.00 in virtual cash!
- Fun Mode and Realistic Mode
Real-time stock quotes!
(for 2,000 USA stocks; others are delayed)- Trade any time of day or night
- Multiple portfolios
- Reset your account at any time
- Adjustable commissions; also earn interest on cash
- Buying Long and Short Selling
- Compete in our Stock Contests!
Limitations
- It's not real money!
- Some quotes are delayed 15-20 minutes
- No options trading
- If markets are closed we use previous closing price for your trades (Fun Mode)
- Splits, dividends, symbol changes, etc. are not updated automatically, so please Contact Us with any problems
Sign up for a New Account!
How to Buy Stocks:
- Log in to your account using your email address and your password.
- Click the "Trade Now" tab.
- Enter the number of shares you want to buy in "# Shares" box.
- Enter the stock symbol in "Symbol" box.
- Click "Trade Now" button.
- Example: Buy 10 shares of MSFT (Microsoft).
How to Sell Stocks:
- Log in to your account, if you haven't already.
- Click on the "Account Summary" tab.
- Find the stock you want to sell and click the "Sell" link at the far right.
| Available Cash | Amount of cash in your account available for trading. |
| Withheld Cash | Amount of cash reserved as collateral for any stocks you have sold short. Our system requires 50% collateral for the initial short sale value. |
| Short Sales | Cash from any short sales you placed. The brokerage holds this cash in a special account until you cover your short sale. |
| Commission | Most brokerages charge a fee, ranging from $3.00 - $50.00, for each trade (buy or sell) you make. Our system lets you set your desired commission level. |
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Margin Available (Forex only) |
The amount of money available for adding new Forex positions. |
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Margin Used (Forex only) |
The amount of money marked as collateral
for current Forex positions. Each position requires a certain amount of margin, such as $50 for a 10K position in a Mini account. |
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Gains (Unrealized) (Forex only) |
The sum of the gains and losses of your current holdings. |
| Account Value | The current value of everything
in your account. *** For Forex: Account Value must always be above Margin Used. |
| Profit | This is simply the Account Value
minus the Starting Cash. Note: Even if your current holdings have a gain but you lost profits in the past, you may still see a negative Profit overall. |
Why are my shares negative? Short-sold stocks show up as negative values because you are obligated to buy back those shares from the market and return them to the brokerage.
Sign up for a New Account here. See our Virtual Trading FAQ for more answers!
Happy Trading!